約翰福音 3:18

18 信 他 的 人 , 不 被 定 罪 ; 不 信 的 人 , 罪 已 經 定 了 , 因 為 他 不 信 神 獨 生 子 的 名 。

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約翰福音 3:18 Meaning and Commentary

John 3:18

He that believeth on him is not condemned
Whether Jew or Gentile, because a believer is openly in Christ; and there is no condemnation to those that are in him: and though the sentence of death passed upon all in Adam, and judgment came upon all men to condemnation in him; yet this sentence being executed on Christ, the surety of his people, who has been condemned to death, and has suffered it in their stead, his death is a security to them from all condemnation: and they are delivered by him from the curse and condemnation of the law: and having in conversion openly passed from death to life, they shall never enter into condemnation; and this is the happy case of every one that believes in Christ:

but he that believeth not is condemned already.
The Persic version renders it, "from the beginning"; he remains under the sentence of condemnation passed in Adam upon him; the law accuses him, and pronounces him guilty before God; he is under the curse of it, and it is a ministration of condemnation and death to him; nor has he any thing to secure him from its charge, curse, and condemnation: this must be understood of one that is a final unbeliever, or that lives, and dies, in a state of impenitence, and unbelief:

because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God;
whom God has sent to be the Saviour of lost sinners, and to deliver them from wrath to come; and there is no other name but his, whereby men can be saved; so that such that do not believe in him, must be damned.

約翰福音 3:18 In-Context

16 「 神 愛 世 人 , 甚 至 將 他 的 獨 生 子 賜 給 他 們 , 叫 一 切 信 他 的 , 不 至 滅 亡 , 反 得 永 生 。
17 因 為 神 差 他 的 兒 子 降 世 , 不 是 要 定 世 人 的 罪 ( 或 作 : 審 判 世 人 ; 下 同 ) , 乃 是 要 叫 世 人 因 他 得 救 。
18 信 他 的 人 , 不 被 定 罪 ; 不 信 的 人 , 罪 已 經 定 了 , 因 為 他 不 信 神 獨 生 子 的 名 。
19 光 來 到 世 間 , 世 人 因 自 己 的 行 為 是 惡 的 , 不 愛 光 , 倒 愛 黑 暗 , 定 他 們 的 罪 就 是 在 此 。
20 凡 作 惡 的 便 恨 光 , 並 不 來 就 光 , 恐 怕 他 的 行 為 受 責 備 。
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